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The article doesn't make it clear if this is commercial production of power, or if it include private owned solar etc. I could see centralized commercial energ
by djrogers 10y ago
The article doesn't make it clear if this is commercial production of power, or if it include private owned solar etc. I could see centralized commercial energy production dropping due to home solar alone, but TFA isn't clear.
Either way, I'd bet that the electrification of our cars and trucks over the next few decades will absorb most of the excess capacity and drive the need for more production.
- kelnos 10y agoThe article addresses private solar, though admits to incomplete data and some uncertainty: "The Energy Information Administration actually started estimating power generation from small-scale solar installations at the end of 2015... and found that it accounted for only about 1 percent of U.S. electricity. That estimate could be off, and there's surely room for more study, but mismeasurement of solar generation doesn't seem to be the main explanation here."